John,

We hope you'll join us for Fighting for Change, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' 2021 Youth Advocates of the Year Awards.

We're thrilled to announce that this year we will present our Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence to Heran Borta, director-general of the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority.

Ms. Borta is the first woman and the youngest official to be appointed to this position, and she's truly taking on #TheToughestFights. Thanks to her steadfast leadership in the face of intense tobacco industry opposition, Ethiopia passed one of the world's strongest tobacco control laws and the country is working to implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, starting with making public places smoke-free in Addis Ababa. 

Please join us on September 29th as we honor Ms. Borta, as well as our Champion Award honoree – Congresswoman Karen Bass – and our incredible youth advocates from across the U.S.

–The Tobacco-Free Kids Team